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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453727103321

Titolo

Improving democracy assistance [[electronic resource] ] : building knowledge through evaluations and research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C, : National Academies Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-76724-7

9786611767242

0-309-11737-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

New democracies

Democratization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Democracy Assistance and USAID""; ""2 Evaluation in USAID DG Programs: Current Practices and Problems""; ""3 Measuring Democracy""; ""4 Learning from the Past: Using Case Studies of Democratic Transitions to Inform Democracy Assistance""; ""5 Methodologies of Impact Evaluation""; ""6 Implementing Impact Evaluations in the Field""; ""7 Additional Impact Evaluation Designs and Essential Tools for Better Project Evaluations""

""8 Creating the Conditions for Conducting High-Quality Evaluations of Democracy Assistance Programs and Enhancing Organizational Learning""""9 An Evaluation Initiative to Support Learning the Impact of USAIDà‚€?s Democracy and Governance Programs""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Participants""; ""Appendix C: Measuring Democracy""; ""Appendix D: Understanding Democratic Transitions and Consolidation from Case Studies: Lessons for Democracy Assistance""; ""Appendix E: Field Visit Summary Report""

""Appendix F: Voices from the Field: Model Questionnaire""